In 2019 it became known that There was a project for the sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained”. The original film starred Jamie Foxx as Django, alongside Christoph Waltz as his faithful companion. It also included the appearances of Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington and Don Johnson. The film became the director’s most successful and box office hit, grossing $ 426 million worldwide, so the idea of making a sequel wasn’t crazy. However, and as Variety reports, Tarantino wanted him to be crazy, making him a crossover with Antonio Banderas as Zorro.
Banderas himself confirmed to USA Today that Tarantino personally spoke with him to offer him the role. The actor, nominated for an Oscar in 2020 for “Pain and Glory”, previously played the masked vigilante in “The Mask of Zorro” of 1998 and “The Legend of Zorro” of 2005. “He approached me and I said, ‘In your hands? Yes, man!’ Because Quentin has a natural gift for making these kinds of films and giving them quality. Even if they’re based on the B-movies of the 60s and 70s, you can take that material and do something really interesting. “the actor said.
Unfortunately for everyone, the project was canceled with the arrival of the pandemic. Jerrod Carmichael, who was chosen to write the script, confirmed to GQ magazine that the sequel to ‘Django’ with Zorro will not take place for reasons that have not been specified. “It was actually an amazing and amazing script that came from the idea of ’Django / Zorro’ that I would have liked Sony to understand, but I realized that it was impossible to do so. However, I still think we wrote a 500 million dollar film. “says the writer and comedian.
Ambitious also for Tarantino
Had it been made, the film would have paired the iconic Spanish hero with Django, the slave-turned-legend. As for the idea of working with Jamie Foxx, Banderas was thrilled at first. “We never worked together, but that would be great, for him, for Jamie Foxx and for playing Zorro again when he’s a little older, “added the actor, who defined the project “fantastic, funny and crazy”.
Secondly, Tarantino announced in 2021 that he would be retiring from cinema following his next film, leaving behind a successful career. With numerous nominations to his credit, the director won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1995 for ‘Pulp Fiction’, with 7 nominations, and received the same award 18 years later with ‘Django’, for which he also won the best actor award for Christoph Waltz. Both films were his most successful works, translated into awards and audiences, followed by ‘Inglourious Basterds’, with 8 Oscar nominations from which Waltz also won the Best Actor award.
Source: E Cartelera
